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Mike Pohjola
Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978) is a Finnish playwright, novelist, and game designer. He is the author of ''Sinä vuonna 1928'', ''1827'', ''Maailman hauskin'', ''Myrskyn aika'', ''Star Wreck Roleplaying Game'', ''Tähti'', ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'', ''Ihmisen poika'', and ''Age of the Tempest''. He is also the narrative designer and main writer of the ''Agemonia'' board game. He is the chairman of Helsinki City Theatre, and was on the board of the Olympic Stadium and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In Live action role-playing game#Nordic Arthaus, Nordic live action role-playing (larp) circles, he is known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental larps, and as the author of several published roleplaying books. Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States. He has often written about characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrskyn Aika
''Myrskyn aika'' ("The Time of the Storm") is a Finnish role-playing game. History In the late 1990s, Mike Pohjola became interested in various theories of the Nordic style of LARPing (Live Action Roleplaying), how it differed from the American style, and how players could better immerse themselves in character roles. He first created ''.laitos'' (''.institute'') in 1997, a dystopian LARP set in an authoritarian future; and ''Paljon melua tyhjästä'' (''Much Ado About Nothing'') in 1998, a retelling of Shakespeare's play using experimental techniques. The latter was what Pohjola would later call his "least successful experiment". For his next LARP, he turned to Tolkienesque fantasy, creating a world called Valenor for a LARP he titled ''Myrskyn aika'' (''Time of the Storm''). The LARP was set in a land Pohjola described as "an evil empire", where players would take on the roles of rebels fighting for what they perceived as good. Pohjola used several techniques he had gleaned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
''Star Wreck'' is a series of Finnish ''Star Trek'' parody movies started by Samuli Torssonen in 1992. The first movie, simply named ''Star Wreck'', was a simple ''Star Control''-like animation with three ships shooting at each other, but later movies featured CGI-animated characters and, in the latest films, live actors. Often ''Star Wreck'' is used to refer to the latest and most popular film '' Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning''. ''Star Wreck'' relates the adventures of James B. Pirk (named after the ''Star Trek'' character James T. Kirk), Captain of the starship C.P.P. ''Potkustartti'' (English C.P.P. ''Kickstart''). Other characters include Mr. Fukov, Mr. Spook ''(Finnish: Mr. Spökö)'', Mr. Dwarf ''(Wuf)'', Ensign Shitty and Mr. Info (loosely based, respectively, on Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, Mr. Spock, Worf, Scotty, and Data). The characters speak Finnish; subtitles in various languages, including Klingon, are available. In 2015, it was announced that two new films were g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tähti
Tähti is a Finnish surname and Estonian feminine given name meaning "star". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Tähti Alver (born 1994), Estonian triple jumper and long jumper Surname * Annikki Tähti (1929–2017), Finnish schlager singer * Filip Almström-Tähti (1991), Swedish football defender * Jouni Tähti (1968), Finnish disabled pool player * Leo-Pekka Tähti (1983), athlete and Paralympian from Finland See also *Takhti (surname) Takhti or Tahti a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Annikki Tähti (1929-2017), Finnish singer *Gholamreza Takhti (1930–1968), Iranian wrestler *Ille Takhti (1889–1938), Russian Chuvash writer and folklorist *Jouni Tähti (bor ... Estonian feminine given names Feminine given names Finnish-language surnames {{Star-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of The Tempest
''Age of the Tempest'' (Finnish: ''Myrskyn sankarit''; formerly titled ''Heroes of the Storm'' in English) is a tabletop role-playing game, designed by Mike Pohjola and published by the board game company Tactic. The first part, ''Heroes of the Storm – Sword of the Great King'' was published in 2013 and retitled into ''Age of the Tempest – Sword of the High King'' in May 2014. ''Age of the Tempest – Sword of the High King'' (translated by Ville-Eemeli Miettinen) is about forest-dwelling rebels, who fight against the troops of the evil dictator. The role-playing game was first published in Finland in Finnish, and later internationally in English, initially as ''Heroes of the Storm'', and finally as ''Age of the Tempest''. The role-playing game is published as a boxed set, and is available in Finland in book stores, department stores and hypermarkets, as well as traditional gaming stores. International distribution will take most of 2013. The game was crowdfunded in 2012 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki City Theatre
The Helsinki City Theatre (; ) is a theatre located in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ..., Finland. Owned by the Helsinki Theatre Foundation, it calls itself a "modern popular bilingual repertoire theatre." The Helsinki City Theatre is the only Finnish representative in the European Theatre Convention. In addition to drama and musicals, the theatre operates a concert dance oriented branch, the Helsinki Dance Company. Annual figures reported by the theatre include 20 new productions, 1,100 performances, and 350,000 spectators. The theatre has 250 permanent members of staff, and operates across 6 stages. History The theatre has its roots in two organizations: ''Helsingin Työväenteatteri'' ("Workers' Theatre of Helsinki", established in 1902) and ''Hels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Action Role-playing Game
A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their character (arts), characters.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physical frame. Embodiment means that the physical actions of the player are regarded as those of the character. LARP participants may dress in the costume of their character and carry appropriate physical props (e.g., an 18th century militia LARP participant may wear a military uniform and carry a musket). Whereas in a RPG played by a group sitting around a table, players describe the actions of their characters (e.g., "I run to stand beside my friend"); in an equivalent situation in a LARP, a player would physically run to the appropriate point within the game space." The players pursue goals within a fictional setting (narrative), s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knudepunkt
The Knutepunkt is an annual role-playing game conference held annually in the Nordic countries since 1997. It has been a vital institution in establishing a Nordic role-playing identity, and in establishing the concept of " Nordic larp" as a unique approach. Though the conference started out strictly as a Live action role-playing (''larp'' for short) event, it has since embraced role-playing games in a more general fashion. Today the conference still has an emphasis on larp, but programs devoted to traditional tabletop role-playing as well as newer arrivals such as freeform are common. A live action role-playing avant-garde movement, which pursues radical experimentation and the recognition of role-playing as a form of art, has been connected to the Knutepunkt conferences. The scope of the Knutepunkt conference has expanded rather rapidly over the last few years with participants showing up from numerous non-Scandinavian countries. Since about 2003 Knutepunkt has seen participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gummerus Kustannus Oy
Gummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Karl Jacob Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million. Annually, it publishes approximately 200 new titles, which are sold in bookstores, department stores and book clubs. Gummerus Oy consists of four divisions: * Gummerus Kustannus Oy * Kielikone Oy * Kirjatori Oy * Gummerus Kiinteistöt Oy In December 2009 Gummerus and Sanoma agreed on an arrangement concerning the merger of WS Bookwell and Gummerus Printing. As a result of the arrangement, Gummerus Oy became a shareholder in the new Bookwell Oy with a 20% holding. In May 2001 Gummerus Publishers acquired an independent, smaller publishing firm by the name of Ajatus Kustannusosakeyhtiö, and ''Ajatus Kirjat'' remains an editorially independent non-fiction entity within the main publishing firm. Jaakko Syrjä served as an editor. Establishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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